Top 15 CIF Central Section high school football rankings, Games to Watch (10/1/2024)

TRAC play gets underway Friday with all six ranked teams going head-to-head; Unbeaten Porterville only new team to join Central Section's elite

Linebacker Aidan Chavez is a key defender for the top-ranked Grizzlies of Central, which hosts Clovis North on Friday as TRAC gets underway. | Photo: Bobby Medellin

• CALIFORNIA OCT. 3-5 SCHEDULE: Thursday | Friday | Saturday
• TOP 25: California high school rankings (9/30/2024)

Games to watch this week: No. 7 Clovis North at No. 1 Central; No. Clovis West at No. 2 Clovis East; No. 3 Clovis at No. 4 Buchanan

TOP 15 CENTRAL SECTION FOOTBALL RANKINGS (9/24/2024)

1. Central (5-0)

Previous rank: 1
Last week results: Bye
Next: Friday vs. Clovis North

2. Clovis East (5-0)

Previous rank: 2
Last week results: Bye
Next: Friday vs. Clovis West

3. Clovis (5-0)

Previous rank: 3
Last week results: Bye
Next: Friday at Buchanan

4. Buchanan (5-0)

Previous rank: 5
Last week results: Beat Paso Robles, 33-13
Next: Friday vs. Clovis

5. Bakersfield (5-0)

Previous rank: 5
Last week results: Bye
Next: Friday at Highland

6. Hanford (5-0)

Previous rank: 6
Last week results: Bye
Next: Friday vs. Dinuba

7. Clovis North (3-2)

Previous rank: 7
Last week results: Bye
Next: Friday at Central

8. Clovis West (3-2)

Previous rank: 8
Last week results: Bye
Next: Friday at Clovis East

9. Sunnyside (5-0)

Previous rank: 9
Last week results: Beat Madera South, 44-14
Next: Friday vs. Roosevelt

10. Tulare Union (5-0)

Previous rank: 10
Last week results: Beat Bakersfield Christian, 28-14
Next: Friday at Lemoore

11. Liberty (3-3)

Previous rank: 12
Last week results: Beat Independence, 42-6
Next: Oct. 11 at Frontier

12. Arroyo Grande (4-1)

Previous rank: 13
Last week results: Beat Nipomo, 41-28
Next: Friday at Paso Robles

13. Centennial (4-1)

Previous rank: 15
Last week results: Bye
Next: Friday vs. Garces

14. Bakersfield Christian (3-2)

Previous rank: 11
Last week results: Lost to Tulare Union, 28-14
Next: Friday at Ridgeview

15. Porterville (5-0)

Previous rank: HM
Last week results: Beat Exeter, 10-6
Next: Friday at Redwood

Honorable mention: Central Valley Christian (1-3), Exeter (4-0), Golden West (3-1), Highland (4-1), Porterville (4-0), San Joaquin Memorial (3-2), Sanger (3-2), Shafter (4-1)